Garment hanger



Apr. 24, 1923.

J. A. LANDAN GARMENT HANGER Filed 001;. 10', 192].

11 w/mw Patented Apr. 24, 1923.

JOHN AL LANDAN, or NEW'YVORK,.1\IY;IY.

GAR ENT Hansen.

Substitute for application Serial No. 442,643, fi1er1 February 5, 132 1.

1321. Serial No. 506,611.

and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers, of which the following a specification. v

My invention relates to anew and improved construction of hanger and ai nethod of making the same. i

One of the objectsof my invention is to provide a coat hanger which may be readily secured to a wall or the like.

Another object of my. invention is to provide a coat hanger having a projecting nail part, which will be protected by the hanger projection when said hanger is being transported.

Another object of my invention is to provide a coat hanger, or the like, which can be readily and cheaply manufactured.

Fig. 1 is a side view of the assembledcoat hanger. I Fig. 2 is a front view.

Fig. 3 shows the same parts in a different relative position.

Fig. 4 is a section along the line 44 of as Fig. 1, but

' Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 shows the two parts of the-said coat hanger about to be assembled.

Fig. 6 is a front view of Fig. 5.

I Fig. 7 is a section along the line 7-7 of 1 i 6.

Fly improved coat hanger is preferably made of two parts, each of which is formed of resilient. bendable metal that can be preferably shaped or stamped by means of dies.

The holding, or body portion 1, is provided with a centrally perforated arch 2, a hook portion 3, and a nail portion 4. The

I nail portion 4, has a generally triangular contour, as shown in Fig. 4 and its edges are serrated so as to produce a series of ratchet teeth. which are inclined towards the side body portion. As can be readily seen in'Fig. 2, the nail portion 4, is stamped out from the body portion 1. By means of these serrations, the nail portion 4, can be very firmly secured to the wall or the like, because these serrations, orteeth, prevent the said nail portion 4 from being withdrawn.

The hanger portion 5 is initially shaped by a die so as to be laterally curved or bent, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. Because of this contour, the enlarged point 6 can be'readily inserted through the opening 7, ofthe central'arch portion 2, until the said enlarged point 6 has passed within the said ar'ch portion, as clearly shown on Fi'gg-Jl.

Then tlie'said hanger projection 5 is now straightened. out so that the entire body thereof 'is parallel to' a plane passing throughthe vertical axissof the body por tion .lltlleiijtl1ehanger projection 5'can no longer be withdrawn from thebo dy. portion because the he'ad 8 abuts against thebody po'rtioii 1., when the said hanger portion '5 is moved upwardly. This is shown in Fig. 3.

The hanger portion 5 can be lengthened This application filed October 1o,

that the point 8 can be snapped over the top of the body portion 1, when the said hanger projection 5 will protect or guard the nail portion 4. In this position the head 8 prevents'the hanger portion 5 from being withdrawn from the body portion 1.

The body portion 1, can be provided with a hole 10, through which a nail can be driven if desired.

This application is a continuation of and a substitute for my application Serial Number 442,643, filed February 5, 1921, inthe United States Patent Oiiice, for a garment hanger.

It is obvious that the entire device can be 'made of two pieces of metal, suitably stamped into shape by means 0t dies, and

that it can be very readily and efficiently as sembled or taken apart.

I hate shown a preferred embodiment of my invention but I do not wish to be limited to the details thereof, as numerous changes and omissions can be made'without depart,-

ing from its spirit.

What I claim is :v

1. A method of making a garment hanger or the like, which consists in making a body portion provided with a slit and in forming a hanger portion having an enlarged point adapted to pass through the said slit only when the said hanger portion is laterally bent with respect to the said body portion, the said hanger portion being formed in such laterally bent condition, inserting the point of the said hanger portion through the said slit so as to connect the said body portion and the said hanger portion, and then straightening the said hanger portion so as to prevent the removal thereof from the body portion.

2. In the art of making a garment hanger or the like, having a body portion with a slit,' and having a hanger portion provided With an enlarged point, those steps in'the art which consist in laterally bending the said hanger portion so that the said enlarged point can be passed through the said slit and then straightening the said hanger portion so that its enlarged point can no longer be Withdrawn from the said slit. 7

3. A garment hanger or the like having a body member provided with a slit intermediate the ends thereof, and a hanger portion made of bendable material and provided with an enlarged point and projecting through the said slit and with an enlarged head adapted to abut against the body member and to prevent the said enlarged point from beingwithdrawn from the said slit, the said hanger member being so dimensioned that the said enlarged point can be Withdrawn from the said slit only if the said head portion is bent-over to one side of the said body member.

4. A garment hanger or the like having a body member provided with a slit intermediate the ends thereof, and a hanger portion made of bendable material and provided with an enlarged point and projecting through the said slit andwith an enlarged head adapted to abut against the body mem ber and to prevent the said enlarged point from being withdrawn from the said slit, the said hanger member being so dimensioned that the said enlarged point can be withdrawn from the said slit only if the said head portion is bent over to one side of the said. body member, the side body member having a nail portion provided with ratchetlike' serrations.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

, JOHN LANDAN. 

